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Why are new Voronezh missile attack warning stations being built in Russia

Two more Voronezh-type missile attack warning system (SPRN) radar stations will be put into operation in Russia, and two more will be built, the general designer of the SPRN Sergey Boev said at the Army-2022 forum. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok explains why the country needs them - and how the stations will close the gaps left after the collapse of the USSR.

Europe is able to defend itself

The United States does not need a powerful forward presence in Europe, writes TAS. The balance of power in the region is on the side of NATO, and Russia is unlikely to strike at the countries of the alliance, explains the author of the article. America is facing significant costs.

The last years of the American hegemony

What better personifies the decline of America than a decrepit president every day? The author of the article in The Nation asks this question. In his opinion, the country is bursting at the seams, and Biden and his bureaucrats are living to the fullest and recreating the Cold War.

Due to Kiev's actions at the Zaporizhia NPP, a situation similar to what happened in Chernobyl and Fukushima may arise, the head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection troops, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, said at a briefing.

Polish Internet portal Defence24.pl He revealed some details of how the US Air Force is going to constantly modernize the fifth-generation F-22A Raptor fighter through rapid prototyping of components and annual software modification.

Who is winning in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict?

The West should resist Ukraine's attempts to replace the bitter truth with sweet fantasies, the author of TAC believes. However, Washington is not interested in the real state of affairs, although further hostilities pose a threat to the United States.

The FSB of Russia has prepared a draft order, according to which the status of a foreign agent can be obtained for the intentional transfer of data on the movements of Russian troops abroad, the document is published on the portal of draft regulations.

The story of the British RC-135W spy plane that invaded the skies near Murmansk two days ago is becoming more and more confusing. The plane entered into negotiations with civilian controllers, although they never communicate with military aircraft, especially from hostile countries. And London has officially sent a request for a reconnaissance flight over Russia. Why did Britain need all these tricks and what are its planes doing in the skies over the Arctic?

Reports of forced closure of industrial plants are increasingly coming from Europe, although winter is still far away. But sky-high gas and electricity prices are already making their work meaningless. Aluminum and zinc producers, whose products are necessary for the automotive and construction industries, were the first to be hit. How does this threaten the EU economy and who will benefit from the troubles of Europeans?

The ministry noted that Donetsk and Lugansk "are located within the sovereign territory of the country of Ukraine"

The American administration claims that issues related to the restoration work in the Donbass should be resolved by Kiev.

As the President of Russia noted, Western countries are trying to preserve the "hegemony slipping out of their hands," but the era of the unipolar world order is a thing of the past

The US administration claims in response to criticism from Russian President Vladimir Putin that the United States has made more efforts than other parties to prevent a confrontation in Ukraine.

How Britain strengthened the Ukrainian military machine and provoked a direct conflict with Russia

The documents reveal the truth about the events that provoked the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, but the Western media paint a completely different picture, writes The Grayzone. Back in 2011, London talked about Kiev as a weapon against Moscow, the author of the article notes.

On August 17, the Russian Defense Ministry showed footage of the combat work of specialists of the mobile radio complex of the Western Military District (ZVO) performing tasks of relaying radio signals to the population of liberated settlements of the Kharkiv region during a special operation to protect Donbass.

The huge amount of military equipment provided to Kiev caused its own problems. The proposed article "Pandora's Box: the Challenge of Western Aid to Ukraine" examines the transition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) from obsolete Soviet-era weapons to NATO standards.

A Latvian charity organization has announced a collection of 5 million euros for the Turkish Bayraktar TB2 attack drone for Ukraine, according to the organization's website.

On August 16, the tenth anniversary Moscow Conference on International Security was held in the Military-Patriotic Park of Culture and Recreation "Patriot".

Adviser to the head of Zelensky's office, Mikhail Podolyak, announced Ukraine's plans to destroy the Crimean Bridge

Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the office of President Vladimir Zelensky, said in an interview with The Guardian that Ukraine considers the Crimean Bridge connecting the peninsula with the Russian mainland as a "legitimate military target." He also promised that the AFU would create "chaos within the Russian forces" by striking supply lines.

In Germany, a new concept of the structure of the Bundeswehr ground forces has been presented, according to which a significant strengthening of army artillery, reorganization of the air defense system and the transformation of parts of mechanized brigades into motorized infantry are assumed. German military leaders do not hide that such a reform of the ground forces will be a response to the events in Ukraine, which forced NATO countries to take a different look at the nature of the fighting in eastern Europe.

Rosoboronexport is closely monitoring the movements of Russian military equipment supplied for export, a gross violation of contractual obligations has been committed by the United States, the head of the company, Alexander Mikheev, told Interfax.

The Russian Ministry of Defense at the Army-2022 forum on Wednesday, August 17, for the first time demonstrated the Turkish Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicle, shot down during a special military operation to protect civilians in Donbass.